Unit 4 Making the news课时作业

Learning about language

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课标话题 人与社会·社会服务 体裁 应用文 词 数 315 难度 　　China Train Guide

　　Quick guide on China train travel

　　If you're looking for an affordable and comfortable way to get around China, train travel is the way to go.Getting train information and cheap train tickets has never been easier. Online train ticket booking makes it easy for travelers to look through China's train timetable, compare train fares, and look for ticket availability.Once you've found a suitable train, you can book online and pick your tickets up at the train station or get them delivered to your home or hotel.Train tickets can be booked online a minimum of 35 minutes and a maximum of 30 days before departure.

　　How to choose train types

　　When you're buying China train tickets online, you'll notice that the journey duration differs depending on which type of train you choose.China train types can be recognized by their letter codes.G，D and C trains are high­speed trains, while Z，T and K are slower or overnight trains.China's high­speed trains run mainly between Chinese provincial capitals and first­tier Chinese cities.G trains(high­speed trains, standing for gaotie)are China's bullet trains-the fastest trains with a maximum speed of 400 km/h.Tickets for these trains are the most expensive.

　　How to buy train tickets

　　Unless you can read Chinese, there are only two ways to make train reservations in China：

　　-Online train ticket booking with a travel agency (up to 30 days before departure)．

　　-At the train station/local ticket agency with your passport (up to 28 days before departure)．

　　How to read train tickets

　　When reading your train ticket, please take note of the Chinese characters and pinyin printed next to your departure/arrival city.Directions (north, south, east, and west) appear in pinyin (bei, nan, dong, and xi), not English.Please make sure you are going to the correct train station.

　　语篇导读　本文主要向外国游客介绍了在中国乘火车出行时的注意事项。

　　1．What can we learn from the first paragraph?

　　A．Traveling by train in China is not very expensive.

　　B．It's difficult to get train information in China.

C．You can get on the train without tickets after booking online.